The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-21

atlas did not so much as honor Newark by name,
and to this day the family are in doubt whether
there is such place New Jersey.
THE writer of the following is a very we'll
known citizen of Indianapolis now visiting
friends in England. He is a very quiet gentle
man and one who neither acts nor looks like a
dynamiter. but the card shows TO what degree
of alarm and suspicion the presence of an Amer
lean excites the British authorities:
ITO the Editor of the Pail Mall Gazette:
During the five months have been in Lon
don have read in the daily papers many very
disparaeing remarks concerning the police. es-
pecially previous to and after Currelps arrest
Many persons are too apt after reading these
statements, TO greatly underrate the knowledge
and skill. of the detective force in the Criminal
Investigation Department. do not. To those
give them better opinion of body Of men on
whom so much depends. I by birth
Englishman. and lived in London the greater
portion OF my first twenty years. then went
to sea, and after few years of nautical life set
tied in Western State of America, where for
seventeen years I toiled diligently, and met
with success. For three reasons / determined
20 visit nv native land once more-the first for
my health's sake, the second to sec aged rela-
tive, and the third to enable my wife (who had
never been out of the United States) to see Eng
land under the best OF conditions-namely,i in
the jubilee year In pursuance of the latter OBJ
ject we started on Whit Monday to visit Hamp-
James's Park / was relating to my wife
count OF editor OBrien's visit to Canada that
read in an American paper, which told of the
Orangeman's cry of 10 hell with the Pope be-
ing answered by the Buffalo Irish Club with
To hell with the Queen The latter express
sion was overheard by tho ear of Scotland Yard.
and without the previous conversation which
led up to it, together with my American accent,
would quite justify me being looked on dis
loyal. and. perhaps far worse, an emissarv of
the Clan-na- Gael. Innocent of any disoyalty.
and entirely unaware that had attracted alton
to Charing Cross. drew my wife's attention and
her admiration to the many attractive objects to
be seen there and returned to the Horse Guards
to see the guard relieved at IL A. NJ From there
we walked along tho Mall, by ST. James, Pal
ace. to Piccadilly. where we secured seats in
alighted at an inn for refreshments. walked out
and around the commons into the palace grounds,
through the picture galleries. in crowd that
numbered thousands; out again in the grounds.
and at last into the Maze, which, though very
easy of access, we found TO our sorrow, took us
over thirty minutes to get out of it. Yet the
eye was ever with u.s. Tired out, we sought the
railway station and came to Vauxhall, crossed
the bridge took the tramcar to Victoria station,
and from thence home. But the eye of Scotland
Yard still pursued us. and before had been
home ten minutes our names and much other in
ords though we were in bissful ignorance of it
until Wednesday evening, when was called
oy two gentlemen in plain clothes, one of whom
accepted my invitation to come in, md, although
on very disagreeable mission, liable to give Of
Tense and cause Indignation to an innocent person.
certained from lndisputable evidence the real
facts with delicacy and shrewd tact that gave
no offense and won the confidence and respect of
his guiltless victim. ANGLo-AMERICAN."